From communications at marinbees.org  Mon Dec  1 14:50:16 2025
From: communications at marinbees.org (Jim Lawson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:50:16 -0800
Subject: [board] November/December Newsletter
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Please find attached a draft copy of the November/December newsletter. I'm assuming this week's meeting will be a pot luck. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
Any other comments or suggestions are welcome.
I'd like to release this by tomorrow (12/2/25) evening.
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From communications at marinbees.org  Wed Dec  3 10:19:50 2025
From: communications at marinbees.org (Jim Lawson)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:19:50 -0800
Subject: [board] Fwd: nucs for members?
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Unfortunately this arrived after the newsletter went out. Any suggestions on what we should do?

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Bonnie Morse <bonniebmorse10 at gmail.com>
> Subject: nucs for members?
> Date: December 3, 2025 at 8:34:53 AM PST
> To: Jim Lawson <communications at marinbees.org>
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> We have been downsizing our breeding and have a lot of nuc boxes.  I was thinking it would be great to encourage people to use them for swarm bait hives.  (Maybe that could help reduce the number of structural move ins?)
> 
> Would you want to offer that to members?  Or maybe someone could pick up a dozen or so to take to the next meeting and give away?
> 
> Let me know...
> 
> Bonnie

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From robert at robertmackimmie.com  Wed Dec  3 15:06:58 2025
From: robert at robertmackimmie.com (Robert MacKimmie)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:06:58 -0800
Subject: [board] Fwd: nucs for members?
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From jrobinberry at gmail.com  Wed Dec  3 16:54:20 2025
From: jrobinberry at gmail.com (Jennifer Robin Berry)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 15:54:20 -0800
Subject: [board] Fwd: nucs for members?
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Only if they're worth the trouble. I've asked for more info from Bonnie
Jennifer Berry
1 (415) 205-7440





On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:07?PM Robert MacKimmie <robert at robertmackimmie.com>
wrote:

> I would not be an appropriate person for it, but if someone could pick up
> a dozen nucs that we could take to the potluck on Thursday, that would be
> great.
>
>
>
> Robert MacKimmie
> 415-722-7640
> robertmackimmie.com
>
> On Dec 3, 2025, at 9:20?AM, Jim Lawson <communications at marinbees.org>
> wrote:
>
> ?Unfortunately this arrived after the newsletter went out. Any suggestions
> on what we should do?
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Bonnie Morse <bonniebmorse10 at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **nucs for members?*
> *Date: *December 3, 2025 at 8:34:53 AM PST
> *To: *Jim Lawson <communications at marinbees.org>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> We have been downsizing our breeding and have a lot of nuc boxes.  I was
> thinking it would be great to encourage people to use them for swarm bait
> hives.  (Maybe that could help reduce the number of structural move ins?)
>
> Would you want to offer that to members?  Or maybe someone could pick up a
> dozen or so to take to the next meeting and give away?
>
> Let me know...
>
> Bonnie
>
>
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